Sporticast: Golf’s New Star, MLB’s New Media Approach
On the latest Sporticast episode, hosts Eben Novy-Williams and Jacob Feldman discuss some of the biggest sports business stories of the week, starting with the Masters…
On the latest Sporticast episode, hosts Eben Novy-Williams and Jacob Feldman discuss some of the biggest sports business stories of the week, starting with the Masters…
One of the most influential players in the history of professional basketball is ready to walk—make that dribble—down memory lane. On a recent afternoon in Los Angeles…
A media-rights deal has been in the wind for a while now, but Apple and Major League Baseball on Tuesday made things official, as the tech giant announced it has snapped…
Wedbush’s Dan Ives (managing director, equity research) recently wrote in an investor note that Apple is on an “aggressive hunt” for live sports rights. The investment…
On the latest Sporticast episode, hosts Scott Soshnick and Eben Novy-Williams discuss some of the biggest sports business stories of the week, including Georgia’s…
Major League Baseball is in talks with Apple about streaming live games, according to multiple people familiar with the plans. Should a deal happen, it would be Apple’s…
AT&T has closed on the deal to spin off DirecTV as a standalone entity with an assigned enterprise value of $16.3 billion. Per terms of the deal, which will see AT&T…
The Information recently reported that Apple has expressed interest in the streaming rights to the NFL’s Sunday Ticket package. Industry observers are generally…
For years, some of the biggest companies in tech and media have complained about Apple’s policies in its mobile store. Those companies either found a way to work with…
After years of conversation, Apple recently gave the sports industry a clear signal of its interest in the space by hiring Amazon Video’s former head of sports, Jim…
Assuming Major League Baseball makes it to the finish line, the 2020 season will conclude with an expanded postseason. Sixteen teams—up from 10—will qualify for the…
Yankees games available via Amazon Prime. Cowboys action streaming on HBO Max. And the Lakers holding court on an app of their own. That future—or one like it—isn’t as…